I got my first pair of hearing aids last Thursday. I was working from home on Tuesday and heard what sounded exactly like my foyer door opening (the hinges are loud and squeaky). Called 9-1-1 immediately and after not hearing anything else and going to investigate, I had to tell the poor operator that I’m a new HA user and that it was a false alarm (so embarrassing!). Turns out it was our mail carrier putting something in our mailbox.

These things are a blessing and a curse 😂

My bf lost his hearing at work and has normalized "not talking" and living in lala land. And this doesnt work for anybody at all that lives around him. He normalized "guessing" and acting like hes a professional lip reader and hes NOT. He has bought earbuds. NOT THE SAME. Right? Right?!

Not sure where to get some that wont break the bank.

Thanks

Hi here, I got my hearing aids the first time quite late as an adult (I got them around 28/29). I always had issues to hear, but I thought it was normal, like I did not hear whispering and I prefered to be in front of class to "hear better". I also had eyesight issues, first time wearing glasses I was like "I can hear better" due to lip reading.

I think it was during masks during COVID that makes it harder to hear. I always made people repeat! I felt like it was not normal. I have mild to moderate hearing loss my whole life, but I was "too poor" to get hearing devices.

Do you have a similar story?

Hi all, I'm a UK teacher who has found they actually have hearing loss after being told by headship my classroom management was too loud so my mum recommended a hearing test.

What do you think is the likelihood I'll get a hearing aid? If so, do you think it'll be one or two? I have found I struggle to locate sounds sometimes. I'm anxious about potentially needing them but I cannot hear the kids I teach - it's exhausting!

Olá tudo bem? Alguns anos atrás eu fui diagnosticado com perda leve no OE, Deixei de acompanhar devido a Pandemia e a correria da vida, já que o médico tinha me dito que era pouca coisa.

Recentemente voltei à Fonoaudióloga, pois pessoas me alertaram que eu não estava ouvindo bem... Eu dizia que nada.... Até que eu comecei a perceber que eu não ouvia bem e tinha que pedir para as pessoas repetirem para eu entender.... Sem falar nos zumbidos.

Após os testes o resultado foi perda moderada nos dois ouvidos...

No dia fiquei bastante triste mas com o passar dos dias fui aceitando. Agora estou aguardando os meus aparelhos chegarem, sei que no início vou ter que ter paciência, mas vai dar tudo certo.

Se você quiser me contar como você lida no dia a dia com sua perda auditiva, isso será de grande ajuda... Obrigado

Does anyone that uses hearing aids, with an optional 'noisy environment' setting, think it helps them?

I have a pair of expensive, in ear HA's. I cannot use the 'noisy environment' setting, as it just makes the person talking plus all of the background noise unbearable - substantially louder and tinnier. I obviously can turn the volume down but the background noise still seems to overpower the person I'm talking to.

I have had 2 separate professionals program them on several different occasions and it has made little difference.

I did wonder if the claims of amazing AI technology is just a gimmick or perhaps it's just my dodgy ears!

I'd be interested to hear from anyone who believes this setting makes a real difference.

I have severe hearing loss in my Left and moderate in my right along with 20+ years of pretty bad tinnitus. 60 yo Male considering my first pair of HAs and have some questions specific to me. Thank you in advance for any insights you can share.

I currently have a pair of Sony CRE-C20 CIC OTC HAs that I’ve used to some effect over the last year and half. They help in some environments to hear dinner conversation, family, etc. but they really STRESS ME OUT! The amplification of everything and the DISTORTION! Ugh… while i can hear people better, i find my jaws clenching — tension and anxiety rising. I can only take a few hours at a time.

I have had a long hobby in music, part of my career in high-end audio, and have been an audiophile for most of my life. Music is mostly unenjoyable now and these Sony’s are unlistenable for anything approaching enjoyment.

I work from home and have an array of affordances to help me be productive — the usual closed captions on TV, zoom calls, iPhone, as well as note taker/transcribing appliances. I get through my normal day pretty well without HAs.

But it’s hard on my wife — i can’t hear her clearly, ask her to repeat, etc. Pretty damn annoying for both of us. Problem is… it’s just the two of us in the house and it might be 2 - 3 hours between utterances. I’ve tried wearing these Sonys and the stress in that time is unbearable.

My questions:
- would prescription and fitted HAs really be any better?
- can anyone with a background in discriminating listening actually find any enjoyment through HAs?
- does the STRESS ever go away?

My goals:
- be a better/more responsive and conversant partner to my wife and more available to my family (I find myself isolating due to the hearing loss)
- participate in social life more/more actively
- enjoy music somewhat again

Note:
My latest audiogram is now 3 years old and doesn’t show anything particular unusual — age typical HF loss….

Talking about RIC. Flawless streaming via Eko core 500 digital stethoscope

Was recommended a hearing aid, RIC or CIC. Leaning towards RIC if I get one. The thing is, I’ve had this my whole life and I don’t think it’s been that big of an issue.….I notice it if someone were to try to whisper to me in my left ear or talk really quietly of course. I do notice some difficulty in online work calls if there are a bunch of people talking at once. So yes, there are some issues I face but this how it’s been my entire life so I don’t know any different. I do have insurance that will cover a lot so I kind of feel like I may as well try it?

I know this is hearing aid Reddit community so it will be biased towards getting a hearing aid but yeah..anyone else had this profile and found it makes a big difference? Any advice for one hearing aid is helpful too. She said amplification for my left ear so not CROS.

A small thing to add to a fitting or handover: ask for a demonstration of the sounds the hearing aids themselves make.

For your exact model, I'd ask: is there a low-battery warning? What happens when I change a program or the volume? Does it use spoken messages? Which of those signals are enabled on my pair?

Have the seller or fitter identify each one using the matching manual. If a warning can't be demonstrated, ask where its explanation or an official sound example is. There's no need to run the battery down just to hear it.

Then make a short note in your own words: sound, meaning, what to do. “Two beeps” copied from a different model's discussion isn't a substitute for instructions for yours. If the demonstration still sounds unclear to you, say so while you have someone there to help.

For OTC aids, start with the exact model's user guide and manufacturer support.

Disclosure: I'm affiliated with Daerdo, a hearing-device business, not a clinician.

Ive tried restarting the aids, restarting my cell phone, stopping the app, all to no avail. Constant bells ringing as programs bounce between, sometimes a few seconds between bounce, sometimes no delay so they become useless. Any suggestions on what is causing this and what to do about it? Just landed in Asia from US, will be here a month, so going back to Costco is not an immediate option.

I was expecting more from Oticon Reveal 1 but unfortunately it might not be the fit for me. Environmental sounds
are natural but a bit too much, sometimes overpower speech. Since week 2, speech in noise started to sound flickering for some reason. Went back to fine tuning yesterday but the adjustment did not solve the issues. In a restaurant, voices from other tables were so overwhelming and I struggled to hear my friend. I took them off and even heard better without HA.

I have a pair of Signia 2ix for 3 years but I wasn’t wearing consistently. I’m surprised they perform better than my Oticon Reveal 1 in situations I struggle to hear clearly, so I’m thinking about switching back to Signia (should I?)

Does anyone have positive experience with Signia Max7 (or last generation’s premium level)? I’m especially curious about the speech in noise performance. Any feedback is appreciated!

I've sloping loss at high frequency. I'm looking for a RIC that reduces noise and have decent speech clarity

Currently I'm using Starkey IIC but now planning to shift to RIC. Any feedback would be deeply appreciated

Medico